Esther 2:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.”
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“Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare <FI>it<Fi> ;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 2:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 3:6So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
- Esther 2:7And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
- Esther 2:20Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
- Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- Esther 4:13he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
- Esther 7:4For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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